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Generalized power means and interpolating inequalities

Author(s): Hsu-Tung Ku; Mei-Chin Ku; Xin-Min Zhang
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 145-154.
MSC (1991): Primary 26B25, 26D05, 26D10
MathSciNet review: 1600105
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Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a multi-parameter family of generalized power means, and use their special properties to provide a new method of interpolating inequalities. We give a different refinement of an inequality of Ky Fan as a particular application of our method.


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Additional Information:

Hsu-Tung Ku
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
Email: meiku@math.umass.edu

Mei-Chin Ku
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688
Email: zhang@mathstat.usouthal.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04845-5
PII: S 0002-9939(99)04845-5
Keywords: Arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean, symmetric mean, generalized power mean, interpolating inequalities
Received by editor(s): May 2, 1997
Communicated by: Frederick W. Gehring
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society




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